by Luke Burrow | Jan 12, 2024 | CBC InTouch
The Christmas season is over, the New Year has arrived, and now that the excitement of the holidays has passed, the harsh realities of life often come back into focus in a particularly discouraging...
by Andrew Hall | Jan 5, 2024 | CBC InTouch
It’s the time of year where people talk about New Year’s resolutions. For some, they tell themselves that this will be the year they make their goals happen. For others, they don’t even bother thinking about a goal. We’ve heard the studies – the majority of people who...
by Luke Burrow | Dec 29, 2023 | CBC InTouch
I’ve always found that the end of one year and the beginning of another marks an excellent time to evaluate my life and consider how I might want to live differently in the year ahead. I’ve never been...
by Andrew Hall | Dec 22, 2023 | CBC InTouch
The smell of a mandarin orange being freshly peeled. Waiting to get to the foot of my stocking where that mandarin would be, or getting one after the Christmas program on Christmas Eve at church. That smell reminds me of Christmas. There are certain memories that I...
by Andrew Hall | Dec 15, 2023 | CBC InTouch
One of my favourite Advent songs is “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.” This song has a haunting sound to it, probably brought together in the middle ages. With seven verses, this piece called for the Messiah to come to ransom, save, cheer, guide and bring peace to the world....
by Luke Burrow | Dec 8, 2023 | CBC InTouch
Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we celebrate Christmas at the darkest time of the year. Around the time of the winter solstice, the days are shortest, the sunlight is most fleeting, and the nights seem to stretch on endlessly. For many people, Seasonal Affective...
